/** * Adding the following to your functions.php file will give you a custom * shortcode to display a user's role. The shortcode can be used as follows: * * [display_user_role] -> this would display the current user's role. * * [display_user_role id=123] -> displays the role for user ID 123. */ add_shortcode( 'display_user_role', function( $atts, $content, $tag ) { global $wp_roles; $user_id = ( isset( $atts['id'] ) ) ? $atts['id'] : get_current_user_id(); $roles = wpmem_get_user_role( $user_id ); if ( is_array( $roles ) ) { foreach ( $roles as $role ) { $display[] = translate_user_role( $wp_roles->roles[ $role ]['name'] ); } $content = implode( ", ", $display ); } else { $content = translate_user_role( $wp_roles->roles[ $roles ]['name'] ); } return $content; }, 10, 3);
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